A Delhi court on Friday issued summons to Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and 15 others, including former railway officials, for their alleged involvement in the land-for-job scam case.
The court Special Judge Geetanjali Goel at the Rouse Avenue Court directed all 17 accused to appear before it on October 4.
The Special Judge passed the order after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed in July this year against the 17 accused. This is the second charge sheet against Lalu and his family in the alleged land-for-jobs scam and the first one in the case to name Tejashwi as an accused.
Earlier on Thursday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) informed the Rouse Avenue Court that sanctions against three former Railway officials were also obtained from the concerned authority.
Special Public Prosecutor D.P. Singh informed the court and filed the Prosecution sanction obtained against three former officials.
Earlier, CBI had obtained sanctions against former Union Railway Minister Lalu from the Home Ministry in relation to a fresh charge sheet in the alleged land-for-job scam case.
According to the national agency, this was the second charge sheet in the designated court against the 17 accused, including former Union Minister of Railways, his wife and son, the then GM of West Central Railways (WCR), two CPOs of WCR, private persons and a private company in the land-for-job scam.
CBI had registered a case on May 18, 2022, against Lalu Prasad, his wife, two daughters, public servants and pPrivate persons.
The federal agency had alleged that Lalu Yadav, during the period between 2004 and 2009, had obtained pecuniary advantages in the form of transfer of landed property in the name of his family members, in lieu of the appointment of Substitutes in Group ‘D’ posts in different Zones of Railways.